Attentive Living & Saints Triumphant
This weekend at Mount Lebanon, our hearts turn to the saints who have gone before us—the ones who shaped our faith, whose seats we still remember in the sanctuary, whose voices and smiles helped form the Mount Lebanon family we love today. Many of us know exactly where they sat. We remember the familiar places, the quiet ways they offered prayer, the consistent faithfulness that encouraged our own. Though they are no longer with us in the pews, their lives continue to speak to us.
As part of our Kingdom Currency series, this week we explore Week 3: Attentive Living (Luke 17:20–37). Jesus teaches that the Kingdom of God is not something we wait for like a far-off event—it is already among us because He is present. Living attentively means keeping our eyes and hearts open to what truly matters. It means living awake to God’s presence, discerning His work in the ordinary rhythms of life, and being ready to hold lightly to what is temporary while faithfully keeping His Word.
Like the people in the days of Noah and Lot, it’s easy to become absorbed in daily routines, focused on things that don’t last, and miss the Kingdom unfolding in front of us. Jesus calls us to a different kind of living—watchful, faithful, alert, and aware. Attentive living is not frantic busyness but a calm, purposeful readiness to respond to God and serve others, with eternity in view.
This weekend also marks Saints Triumphant Sunday, a day to remember with joy and hope those who have died in the faith. Death does not have the final word. The loved ones we remember are alive in Christ and await the day when He will call all the dead to rise. We grieve their absence, yes, but we also rejoice in the promise of resurrection and eternal life. Saints Triumphant reminds us that the Church is one family, united across time—those here on earth and those now with Jesus.
As we reflect on God’s Word this weekend, may this hymn inspire and guide our hearts as a prayer:
Lord, when your glory I shall see
and taste your kingdom's pleasure,
your blood my royal robe shall be,
my joy beyond all measure!
When I appear before your throne,
your righteousness shall be my crown;
with these I need not hide me.
And there, in garments richly wrought,
as your own bride I shall be brought,
to stand in joy beside you.
May the Spirit who once reformed His Church reform our hearts again this weekend—so that we might love, learn, and live by God’s Word above all things, holding fast to the eternal and letting go of what is passing.
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